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OT - sort of - Avoiding false grocery charges
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> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:58:11 -0700, "Cheri" >
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> wrote in message
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>>> >https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400,
>>> >jmcquown > wrote:
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>>>>On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
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>>>>>> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life
>>>>>> >must
>>>>>> >be hell there.
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>>>>What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
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>>>>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>>>>> PM - or something !
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>>>>Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
>>>>part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>>>>lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>>>>concept.
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>>> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
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>>>>Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>>>>for you. No extra charge.
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>>>>Jill
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>>> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
>>> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
>>> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
>>> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
>>> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
>>> front of his employees.
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>>> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
>>> all this stuff done for you?
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>>Grocery bagging is not considered an "everyday thing" here, it's the norm,
>>and age has nothing to do with it.
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>>Cheri
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> I think age has a lot to do with it. I can see an older person being
> relieved they were catered to but Jills at an age when she should be
> 'up and at 'em' IMO. The more you let other people pick up the slack
> for you, the more you will need it. You know, the old 'if you don't
> use it, you'll lose it' - it's very true.
Yes, that's what you think, it's not what I think. I'm not the least bit
afraid of "if you don't use it, you'll lose it" when it comes to bagging
groceries, which is what we're talking about.
Cheri
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